November 22, 2016Tuberculosis (TB) leads to more deaths worldwide than any other infectious disease. Yet, TB programs face a persistent lack of prioritization in national and global health agendas. While most TB cases can be treated with readily available drugs, an increasing number of TB...

The two Koreas have made very different political and military decisions in creating their missile forces. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has placed far more emphasis on missile forces, although recent developments in the Republic of Korea (ROK) indicate...

November 3, 2016
| Janet FleischmanWith each passing week, the political unrest and repression in Ethiopia is attracting new levels of global attention: from Feyisa Lilesa’s protest sign at the Rio Olympics in August, to recent clashes in Oromia where hundreds of protesters were killed by security forces and...

The next Administration faces serious problems and issues in its security cooperation with its Arab allies that cannot be papered over with reassuring rhetoric. Some problems are all too obvious results of the rise of ISIS; the legacy of the U.S. invasion of Iraq; and the...

Managing and operating the nation’s nuclear weapons, forces, and delivery systems is an enormous responsibility and among the most demanding of military missions. The men and women responsible for executing that mission—for acting as the custodians of the nuclear...

The space domain is increasingly important to Japan and the United States for both military security and economic prosperity. While the early years of the space era were dominated by the United States and the Soviet Union, today more than 50 countries own and operate...

October 24, 2016This report explores the implications of China’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative on the politics and economics of Central Asia. The analysis calls into question the underlying assumption that large-scale investments in transport infrastructure, such as those at the heart...

This report identifies the factors that make an organization the employer of choice for what the authors call “cybersecurity ninjas.” Much has been written about the shortage of cybersecurity professionals, but little work has been done on the factors that help...

To better understand public perceptions around violent extremism, CSIS commissioned a global survey with 8000 participants in eight countries: China, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Participants were asked 65...

The following presentation entitled “The Civil Side of Counterterrorism” was given by Dr. Anthony H. Cordesman to the 7th Xiangshan Forum on October 12, 2016. The full presentation can be viewed on the CSIS website at